A Chat with Simoni Privato
Goidanich
“Slaughter in Rio” is
the title of this week’s
editorial that examines the
possible causes of the
attack struck by the young
Wellington Menezes de
Oliveira on April 7th,
which left 12 children dead
at the Municipal School
Tasso da Silveira, in
Realengo, Rio de Janeiro.
One of the highlights of
this edition is the
interview given by Simoni
Privato Goidanich to the
journalist Katia Fabiana
Fernandes, in London. A
career diplomat and author
of the series “Mediumship
and Spiritism”, which is
being presented on the
youtube channel TheEstudios
Espiritas, Simoni talks
about this series and her
initiation into Spiritism,
and also describes how the
spiritist movement is doing
in Uruguay, where she
currently resides.
Another highlight of this
issue is the conclusion of
the special article by
Luciano dos Anjos where our
colleague and well known
journalist states that Chico
Xavier was the medium Ruth-Céline
Japhet, who had a prominent
role in the first phase of
the codification of the
spiritist doctrine.
“Humberto Werdine in
Scandinavia”, is the subject
of the feature story by
Claudia Werdine about
Harmoniexpo, the spiritist
fair held in Stockholm in
early April. The story is
also one of the highlights
of this edition.
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On April 15th, we
celebrate one more
anniversary of the launch in
Paris of the first edition
of "The Gospel According
to Spiritism", which
took place in 1864. The book
had another title in its
original edition: “Imitation
of the Gospel”, replaced
in the second edition by its
current title. Among the
five major works of
Spiritism, this is the one
that puts greater emphasis
on ethical matters and human
behavior.
